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Supporting student parents is an equity imperative (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

It’s an equity imperative to position the nearly four million student parents , who are often women, low-income and BIPOC, for college completion. A recent study highlighted that 49 percent of four-year public colleges provided on-campus childcare services in 2015, down from 55 percent in 2003. Disable left side advertisement?:

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Women’s Wrestling Aims At 2026 NCAA Championship Status

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

If approved by NCAA members, women's wrestling will become the sixth sport to earn NCAA championship status through the Emerging Sports for Women program, established in 1994 based on a recommendation from the NCAA Gender Equity Task Force.

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C2YC Past Award Recipients

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Bentley, Moraine Valley Community College 2001 – Sallie Kiggins, Lower Columbia College Chairperson’s Award 2003 – Wilson Luna, Gateway Community College Service to the Commission 2003 – Marian Wilson, Cincinnati State and Technical College 2003 – Evan Montague, Lansing Community College Outstanding New Professional 2023- Jalen (..)

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DREAM Conference Marks Milestone

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Back in February, more than 1,000 practitioners from hundreds of colleges across the nation gathered in Orlando, Florida, to exchange evidence-based approaches to accelerating student success and equity. Lumina Foundation CEO Jamie Merisotis delivers a keynote address at the DREAM 2024 conference.

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Paul Gordon Brown He/Him/His Director of the Campus Experience, Roompact Chair (2008-2010), Publications Coordinator (2005-2006), Coordinator for Research and Scholarship (2003- 2005), Representative to Core Council for Professional Issues (2002-2003) Dr. Tracy Davis He/Him Professor & Educational Leadership: Organizational Justice, Equity & (..)

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National Opinion Polls on Affirmative Action: Inflaming an Issue that is Divisive Enough

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Bollinger decision in 2003. What is salient in the Leadership Conference report is the “whole story,” i.e., the holistic process that the Supreme Court required in the 2003 Grutter decision. Complicating this issue is that the Census Bureau predicts that by mid-century, America will be “majority minority.” They’re intense enough.

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Seven Best Practices in 40 years of Reporting on Diversity in Higher Education

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14, 2003) While there is no shortage of higher education news outlets, none has covered two-year and four-year colleges and universities and their efforts to promote equity and inclusivity quite like this one. 16, 2003) 5. From Opening Doors to Opening Minds,” Aug. Mississippi’s Crusading Gadfly,” Jan.